VCDEasy and segments folder

[thegig]

I'm trying to create a slideshow, I know there are lots of tools out there to do it, but I like the pain of learning. Anyway, I am wondering if VCDeasy will let you put mpg into the segment folder? I tried and it says it is a special svcd folder. I tried just putting the mpg as regular mpgs with PBC on, but my APEX does not do PBC very well. I guess I could create an XML file, but doesn't the VCD need to be organized in a certain way? Second question is, I know that you can have 1980 slides, does that mean they all need to reside in the segment folders or referenced as a segment item? Or do you have to create several selections that reference the segments. i read the MPEG still image how to, but it really doesn't get in to the format issue,. It kinda hits on the XML, I'm just curious if there is anything special I need to do in VCDEasy or if this is impossible and i have to use TSCV. I'm not too hip on this tool, it's alittle cumbersome for the easiest of tasks.

[scissors]

I'm trying to create a slideshow, I know there are lots of tools out there to do it, but I like the pain of learning. Anyway, I am wondering if VCDeasy will let you put mpg into the segment folder? I tried and it says it is a special svcd folder. I tried just putting the mpg as regular mpgs with PBC on, but my APEX does not do PBC very well. I guess I could create an XML file, but doesn't the VCD need to be organized in a certain way? Second question is, I know that you can have 1980 slides, does that mean they all need to reside in the segment folders or referenced as a segment item? Or do you have to create several selections that reference the segments. i read the MPEG still image how to, but it really doesn't get in to the format issue,. It kinda hits on the XML, I'm just curious if there is anything special I need to do in VCDEasy or if this is impossible and i have to use TSCV. I'm not too hip on this tool, it's alittle cumbersome for the easiest of tasks.

I honestly suggest you try learning the xml language. It's not THAT hard i promise you.

Yes vcdimager will let you do what you are trying to do, but only if you do it in xml.

[thegig]

Thanks, I was going to anyway. I was just wondering how the format was. i guess it's kinda mute now the VCDEasy 1.09 is out!

thanks anyway

[scissors]

here's some xml i did yonks ago.

it was for a rip of croc dundee3 (I actually bought the film but wan't an excuse to try doing fancy menus)

Anyway, the code uses multiple mpgs that look the same but each one has a different scene with a red ring around it. Navigation is done via the NEXT and PREV button and selection is done by PLAY or ENTER.

This is basically your slideshow that you are after. chaps 1 - 12 would be the slide show, you just would have the sequence items and you'd delete the play item references

the entry-ids are also redundant and can be deleted as there will be no segment item.

the bit that actually does the "slideshow/menus" is the stuff at the very end between the PBC tags.

example:

<selection id="selection-02">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-01" /> if PREV button load mpeg "selection-1"
<next ref="selection-03" /> if next then load mpeg "selection-3"
<return ref="selection-02" /> RET button reloads this mpeg
<default ref="selection-04" /> PLAY or ENTER Button loads selection 4
<timeout ref="selection-02"/> if it times out, reload
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="special"/>


etc etc

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE videocd PUBLIC "-//GNU//DTD VideoCD//EN" "http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/videocd.dtd">

<videocd xmlns="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/1.0/" class="svcd" version="1.0">
<info>
<album-id>SVCD</album-id>
<volume-count>1</volume-count>
<volume-number>1</volume-number>
<restriction>0</restriction>
</info>
<pvd>
<volume-id>CROC_DUN_1</volume-id>
<system-id>CD-RTOS CD-BRIDGE</system-id>
<application-id>VCDIMAGER_AVISYNTH_VIRTUAL_DUB_TMPEG</application-id>
<preparer-id>GNU VCDIMAGER 0.7.8 CYGWIN/I686</preparer-id>
<publisher-id>DAVEA</publisher-id>
</pvd>

<filesystem>
<folder>
<name>VMP</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDJ</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>DATA</name>
<folder>
<name>SVCDDATA</name>
</folder>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>AUTORUN</name>
</folder>
<folder>
<name>COVERS</name>
<file src="d:\CROC\back.jpg">
<name>BACK.JPG</name>
</file>
<file src="d:\CROC\front.jpg">
<name>FRONT.JPG</name>
</file>
</folder>
</filesystem>

<segment-items>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\main_menu.mpg" id="main_menu"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\special.mpg" id="special"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\scene.mpg" id="scene"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\other_disc.mpg" id="other_disc"/>

<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap1.mpg" id="chap1"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap2.mpg" id="chap2"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap3.mpg" id="chap3"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap4.mpg" id="chap4"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap5.mpg" id="chap5"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap6.mpg" id="chap6"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap7.mpg" id="chap7"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap8.mpg" id="chap8"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap9.mpg" id="chap9"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap10.mpg" id="chap10"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap11.mpg" id="chap11"/>
<segment-item src="d:\croc\chap12.mpg" id="chap12"/>


</segment-items>

<sequence-items>
<sequence-item src="d:\croc\part1.mpg" id="sequence-00">
<entry id="entry-001">000</entry>
<entry id="entry-002">270</entry>
<entry id="entry-003">859</entry>
<entry id="entry-004">1273</entry>
<entry id="entry-005">1520</entry>
<entry id="entry-006">1770</entry>
<entry id="entry-007">2215</entry>
<entry id="entry-008">2568</entry>
<entry id="entry-009">3168</entry>
<entry id="entry-010">3240</entry>
<entry id="entry-011">3480</entry>

</sequence-item>
</sequence-items>

<pbc>


<selection id="selection-01">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-01" />
<next ref="selection-02" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-01" />
<timeout ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="main_menu"/>

</selection>

<selection id="selection-02">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-01" />
<next ref="selection-03" />
<return ref="selection-02" />
<default ref="selection-04" />
<timeout ref="selection-02"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="special"/>

</selection>

<selection id="selection-03">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-02" />
<next ref="selection-01" />
<return ref="selection-03" />
<default ref="chapter1" />
<timeout ref="selection-03"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="scene"/>
</selection>

<selection id="selection-04">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="selection-04" />
<next ref="selection-04" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="selection-04" />
<timeout ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="other_disc"/>

</selection>




<selection id="chapter1">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter1" />
<next ref="chapter2" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-01" />
<timeout ref="chapter1"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap1"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter2">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter1" />
<next ref="chapter3" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-02" />
<timeout ref="chapter2"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap2"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter3">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter2" />
<next ref="chapter4" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-03" />
<timeout ref="chapter3"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap3"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter4">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter3" />
<next ref="chapter5" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-04" />
<timeout ref="chapter4"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap4"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter5">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter4" />
<next ref="chapter6" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-05" />
<timeout ref="chapter5"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap5"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter6">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter5" />
<next ref="chapter7" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-06" />
<timeout ref="chapter6"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap6"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter7">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter6" />
<next ref="chapter8" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-07" />
<timeout ref="chapter7"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap7"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter8">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter7" />
<next ref="chapter9" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-08" />
<timeout ref="chapter8"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap8"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter9">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter8" />
<next ref="chapter10" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-09" />
<timeout ref="chapter9"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap9"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter10">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter9" />
<next ref="chapter11" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-10" />
<timeout ref="chapter10"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap10"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter11">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter10" />
<next ref="chapter12" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-11" />
<timeout ref="chapter11"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap11"/>
</selection>

<selection id="chapter12">
<bsn>1</bsn>
<prev ref="chapter11" />
<next ref="chapter1" />
<return ref="selection-01" />
<default ref="playlist-12" />
<timeout ref="chapter12"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">0</loop>
<play-item ref="chap12"/>
</selection>




<playlist id="playlist-01">
<prev ref="playlist-01"/>
<next ref="playlist-02"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-001"/>
</playlist>


<playlist id="playlist-02">
<prev ref="playlist-01"/>
<next ref="playlist-03"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-002"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-03">
<prev ref="playlist-02"/>
<next ref="playlist-04"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-003"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-04">
<prev ref="playlist-03"/>
<next ref="playlist-05"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-004"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-05">
<prev ref="playlist-04"/>
<next ref="playlist-06"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-005"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-06">
<prev ref="playlist-05"/>
<next ref="playlist-07"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-006"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-07">
<prev ref="playlist-06"/>
<next ref="playlist-08"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-007"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-08">
<prev ref="playlist-07"/>
<next ref="playlist-09"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-008"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-09">
<prev ref="playlist-08"/>
<next ref="playlist-10"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-009"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-10">
<prev ref="playlist-09"/>
<next ref="playlist-11"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-010"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-11">
<prev ref="playlist-10"/>
<next ref="selection-01"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="entry-011"/>
</playlist>

<playlist id="playlist-12">
<prev ref="selection-01"/>
<next ref="selection-01"/>
<return ref="selection-01"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<autowait>0</autowait>
<play-item ref="other_disc"/>
</playlist>



</pbc>
</videocd>

[thegig]

Thanks, I look it over whilest I read the XML book to get a good feel. I tried the new VCDEasy and it didn't work anyway. The APEX player didn't even display anything and my JVC m567 made it look like scrap art.